We’ve written before about the improving results in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and the potential for improvement in Duval County. The latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show those positive trends continue. But they also show there’s still work to do. Urban school districts may have shown[Read More…]
Tag: Hillsborough County School District
Hillsborough another model for district-charter relations in Florida
Florida’s official charter schools conference has convened in Daytona Beach. Charter school operators gathered here have singled out one of the state’s largest districts for improving relations. Kristine Bennett is the principal of Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School in Hillsborough County. She said she has 17 years of experience working[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Black student achievement, charter schools and more
Priorities. The Pinellas County school district plans to increase its focus on lifting achievement among low-income black students. Tampa Bay Times. Charter schools. The Pinellas school board announces another, last-ditch attempt to save two foundering charter schools. Gradebook. College courses. Manatee County principals would have the final say on whether[Read More…]
Florida roundup: Charter schools, magnet schools, opt-out and more
Charter schools. Why do parents choose charter schools? Why do teachers choose to work in them? The Tampa Bay Times interviews a principal. Hillsborough school board candidates are divided on charter school issues. Tampa Bay Times. The Florida Times-Union looks at Duval charter schools’ audits. Magnet schools. The Miami Herald[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: Elections, school assignments and more
School assignments. Parents should have more say in where their kids go to school, rather than face felony charges for lying about their addresses, a Sun-Sentinel guest column argues. (The author works at Step Up For Students, which publishes this blog, and an earlier version of the piece ran here.)[Read More…]
New proposals for charter school collaboration in Central Florida
Three large school districts along Florida’s I-4 corridor are angling for grants that could help them draw nationally recognized charter school networks to low-income neighborhoods. The Orange, Polk and Hillsborough County school districts applied this month for $2.5 million in funding from round two of the Florida Department of Education’s district-charter collaboration program.[Read More…]
Some Florida school districts better than others at stopping failed charters
As a spate of sudden failures has brought Florida’s charter schools under a microscope, the state’s second-largest school district stands out. Broward County is home to more charter schools than most states. And no district in Florida has shuttered more charters that opened since the 2012-13 school year. Some of those schools[Read More…]
Florida schools roundup: Charter schools, censorship, unions and more
Charter schools. The Orlando Science School, a STEM-focused charter school, is expanding to Seminole County with a long waiting list. WKMG. An investigation finds a charter school repaying money it never borrowed. Palm Beach Post. Teachers unions. Broward’s ex-union leader faces new federal fraud charges. South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Homelessness. Teachers and[Read More…]